The Barton's Arms

[VillaTim]

Pubs that are only busy on one day a week, for 9 months of the year are always going to struggle to have a long term future.

yep. You don't need to go to Harvard Business School to see the problem here . Turning it into a "Desi" pub isn't going to solve much i doubt

[PaulTheVillan]

I expect Dry January and no Villa home games for a month really didn't help.

Need to start a wet January campaign

[Risso]

I expect Dry January and no Villa home games for a month really didn't help.

Need to start a wet January campaign

My mate owns three pubs/restaurants in Northampton, and he hates January with an absolute passion.

[Dave]

I seem to remember reading that December was (by expected standards) terrible for the hospitality industry as well and that's caused quite a lot of places who were relying on a good December to provide a cushion for lower trade in the early part of 2024 to give it up.

[PaulTheVillan]

I expect Dry January and no Villa home games for a month really didn't help.

Need to start a wet January campaign

My mate owns three pubs/restaurants in Northampton, and he hates January with an absolute passion.

To be fair to some of the regulars in my local, they still go in most days but just drink the 0% beers. It's shit when people abandon the pub then still fully expect it to be there waiting for them when today lands.

[Brend'Watkins]

The Barton's advantage for us is where it is, it's disadvantage to become a thriving  hospitality is where it is. Compare it with The Queen's Arms in Newhall Street, a pub of similar vintage but located in a commercial/residential area part of town that people will make an effort to visit.  Someone has seen it as a viable enough venue to refurbish.

[Rudy Can't Fail]

The Barton's advantage for us is where it is, it's disadvantage to become a thriving  hospitality is where it is. Compare it with The Queen's Arms in Newhall Street, a pub of similar vintage but located in a commercial/residential area part of town that people will make an effort to visit.  Someone has seen it as a viable enough venue to refurbish.

Looks like The Queen's Arms is going to reopen as a veggie/vegan restaurant.

EDIT: Ignore. Nottybite from the Queens is moving to Somewhere in the JQ.

[eamonn]

The Wolf is a great pub pre and post match.

Is that where Wolfie drinks?

[Bad English]

The Barton's Arms is a beautiful building and I have taken family and friends to eat nd drink there on many occasions  It is a place where I have met some lovely people who post on here and others who don't post any more. The last time I was in was with Risso and his son, and we bumped into, as usual, Frank and Ken, and ColinMac, and TimVilla (NOT VillaTimCoopersInjurySilhillTTOD) plus other various reprobates

If you have never been inside,  I hope it will reopen again for you MUST see it. It is a truly magnificent building.

[Olneythelonely]

Pubs that are only busy on one day a week, for 9 months of the year are always going to struggle to have a long term future.

yep. You don't need to go to Harvard Business School to see the problem here . Turning it into a "Desi" pub isn't going to solve much i doubt

Wasn’t your idea to just have it as a pub?

[VillaTim]

wetherspoons has also killed a lot of independents off

[trinityoap]

Eamonn raises a good point. Does anyone on here know what has happened to Werewolf? He was a fixture at away games for many years but I can't remember when I last saw him.

[PeterWithe]

Eamonn raises a good point. Does anyone on here know what has happened to Werewolf? He was a fixture at away games for many years but I can't remember when I last saw him.

We do this one quite regularly, I saw him at the Walsall friendly, think it was before last season, and on the cross city line the season before.

[dave.woodhall]

The Barton's Arms is a beautiful building and I have taken family and friends to eat nd drink there on many occasions  It is a place where I have met some lovely people who post on here and others who don't post any more. The last time I was in was with Risso and his son, and we bumped into, as usual, Frank and Ken, and ColinMac, and TimVilla (NOT VillaTimCoopersInjurySilhillTTOD) opus other various reprobates

If you have never been inside,  I hope it will reopen again for you MUST see it. It is a truly magnificent building.

I saw you in there one lunchtime.

[Risso]

It's location is the big problem. It's a good pub, but there's nothing else around that would make you want to walk out there to visit. If you're in the city centre, you can go to a lots of places, same if you're in the JQ or Harborne etc. If it was more central it would do brilliantly.